单词 | subtended |
释义 | subtendedadj. 1. Stretched underneath; extended below. Chiefly figurative in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > situated or placed under underlaida1100 subjected?a1425 suppositivec1475 subject?1541 subjacent1598 subterjacent1598 underlying1611 subjunct1639 supposite1640 suppedaneous1646 subordinate1648 subdititious1657 substrated1663 succumbent1664 subtended1670 substrate1678 subadjacent1722 supposed1766 subtending1777 substrative1823 underset1845 infraposed1854 substant1883 underneath1894 underlappingc1900 1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) ix. 61 To clip, and let the leaves fall upon a subtended sheet. 1758 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones & Nerves (ed. 6) 206 A winding niche is made, which is comprehended in the great Foramen of a Skeleton, but is formed into a Hole by a subtended Ligament in the recent Subject. 1849 Mercersburg Rev. May 223 He has often been descried..squatted, in broad daylight, half way up some rugged cliff,..sketching off the subtended landscape. 1880 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 2 730 Three large streams drain Makula's country and the subtended plateau. 1946 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 52 97/1 No account was taken of the class organization and the subtended attitudes in the plans for the incorporation of Puerto Rico into the American system. 2008 E. J. Sabiston Private Sphere to World Stage v. 142 The subtended benevolence of 'patriarchy' is only apparent, not real, and soon disappears in case of need. 2. Geometry and Optics. Of an angle: formed by lines drawn from the two ends of a line that cross at the point of the angle; (of a solid angle) formed by lines from the boundary of a surface that all intersect at the point of the angle. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > angle > [adjective] > other sidelong1654 semirect1656 subtended1759 supplementary1809 explementary1830 reflectional1848 reflex1869 multi-angled1908 1759 tr. Lit. Mem. Germany & North II. 47 All circles, all sectors of a circle, whose subtended angles are mutually equal, are also mutually similar figures. 1824 W. H. Smyth Mem. Sicily iv. 145 The subtended angles carefully corrected. 1875 Proc. London Math. Soc. 6 43 Let dω denote the subtended solid angle. 1884 tr. H. Lotze Logic 248 The formula we are seeking must mention the subtended angle. 1919 Jrnl. Optical Soc. Amer. 2–3 86 The lengths of the divisions should be in a given ratio to the focal length of the object lens, in order that the scale should read the subtended angles truly. 1974 W. Weyhmann in R. V. Coleman Methods Exper. Physics XI. ix. 526 These heating rates do not include y-ray absorption, which will depend critically on the thickness and subtended solid angle of materials around the thermometer. 2010 W. S. Olsen Never Land 54 This equation only defines the subtended angle and does not affect the altitude value of 5400 miles obtained by a proportion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1670 |
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